The main objective of the offensive troops on Ukrainian Gorlovka - "tightening the loop around Donetsk", Strana.ua transmits a message source at the headquarters of the combined forces Operations (From, former ATO).
Gorlovka surrounded profitable heights, including in the settlement of the South, the, who owns the reference positions at these altitudes, in fact, the city has. With these easy to sweep the entire city, said Ukrainian officer.
he noted, if APU seize the high ground, Adventure (militia) Gorlovka surrender without a fight - "to die in the city does not make sense".
Respectively, Gorlovka - a strategic springboard for an attack on Debaltsevo and Yenakiyevo. In this way, a tension band around Donetsk. Especially APU does not formally violate the Minsk agreements - height around Gorlovki belong to the so-called “gray area”. And we have every right to take “gray area”, the onset of such movement as it is not considered, said military.
Recall, The situation in the Donbass escalated over the weekend, after the Ukrainian security forces fired artillery Gorlovka several times, located forty kilometers from Donetsk.
Today UNIAN reported, that the militias in the past day 53 times violated the ceasefire. Including 30 once applied caliber guns 122 mm, and 82 and 120 mm mortar.
"The units of the Joint Forces gave an adequate response, not allowing the invaders to displace our defenders with favorable defensive positions ", - says the publication.
celebrated, that the shelling stopped after, as were the Ukrainian military have been "applied kontrsnayperskie event".
According to the agency, referring to the headquarters of the CAB, the enemy tried to knock APU units from South, attacking the town from 3 directions.
reported, that during the fighting killed 2 strongman, yet 9 wounded. The Ukrainian headquarters are also told about the losses militia: 15 people killed and 13 wounded. The People's Republic, these figures have not yet commented.
